Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Slovakia at the
2010 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSVK
NOCSlovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Vancouver
Competitors73 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Žigmund Pálffy[1] (opening)
Pavol Hurajt (closing)
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Slovak athletes earned their first gold medal ever in the Winter Olympics with Anastasiya Kuzmina's gold in the women's biathlon sprint event.[2]

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Anastasiya Kuzmina Biathlon Women's sprint 13 February
 Silver Anastasiya Kuzmina Biathlon Women's pursuit 16 February
 Bronze Pavol Hurajt Biathlon Men's mass start 21 February
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Jaroslav Babušiak Combined DNF DNF
Downhill 1:59.99 52
Giant slalom 1:22.22 1:24.90 2:47.12 44
Slalom 52.10 54.76 1:46.86 30
Super-G 1:35.25 37
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Jana Gantnerová Giant slalom 1:20.00 1:15.73 2:35.73 35
Slalom 53.54 53.92 1:47.46 24
Veronika Zuzulová Giant slalom 1:18.96 DNS
Slalom 52.11 53.03 1:45.14 10

Biathlon[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Pavol Hurajt Sprint 25:15.0 1 (0+1) 7
Pursuit 35:12.8 3 (1+0+0+2) 16
Mass start 35:52.3 0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual 49:39.0 1 (0+0+1+0) 5
Marek Matiaško Sprint 27:37.4 3 (1+2) 66
Individual 52:47.9 2 (0+1+0+1) 33
Miroslav Matiaško Sprint 28:15.9 4 (1+3) 76
Individual 53:29.2 3 (1+1+0+1) 47
Dušan Šimočko Sprint 28:11.4 3 (1+2) 75
Individual 51:20.6 2 (0+0+2+0) 18
Men's relay
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Miroslav Matiaško
Marek Matiaško
Dušan Šimočko
Pavol Hurajt
4 x 7.5 km relay 1:28:54.1 14 (2+12) 15
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Jana Gereková Sprint 21:54.0 3 (1+2) 40
Pursuit 34:17.4 4 (0+3+0+1) 40
Individual 45:46.4 4 (1+0+1+2) 46
Martina Halinárová Sprint 22:19.0 2 (1+1) 54
Pursuit LAP 6 (1+2+3+ ) LAP
Individual 45:38.7 3 (0+1+0+2) 44
Ľubomíra Kalinová Sprint 23:47.2 5 (3+2) 81
Individual 50:38.7 7 (2+0+2+3) 80
Anastasiya Kuzmina Sprint 19:55.6 1 (1+0) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pursuit 30:28.3 2 (0+1+1+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mass start 36:02.9 3 (1+1+1+0) 8
Individual 45:16.0 5 (2+1+1+1) 39
Women's relay
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Martina Halinárová
Anastasiya Kuzmina
Natália Prekopová
Jana Gereková
4 x 6 km relay 1:13:15.8 12 (1+11) 13

Bobsleigh[edit]

Two-man
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Milan Jagnešák
Petr Narovec
53.18 53.16 52.73 52.99 3:32.06 20
Four-man
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Milan Jagnešák
Martin Tešovič
Marcel Lopuchovský
Petr Narovec
55.25 DNS

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Bajčičák 15 km freestyle 34:59.3 23
30 km pursuit 1:17:58.1 25
Ivan Bátory 15 km freestyle 35:38.1 40
Michal Malák 15 km freestyle 36:22.8 54
Peter Mlynár Sprint 3:55.76 57 DNQ 57
Women

Alena Procházková participated only for one event due to inflammation of the trachea.[3]

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alena Procházková Sprint 3:46.16 16 Q 3:40.1 4 DNQ 18

Figure skating[edit]

Athlete(s) Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ivana Reitmayerová Ladies' 41.94 28 DNQ

Ice hockey[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Slovak roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[4]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
31 G Peter Budaj 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 18 September 1982 Banská Bystrica United States Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
41 G Jaroslav Halák 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 13 May 1985 Bratislava Canada Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
35 G Rastislav Staňa 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 10 January 1980 Košice Russia Severstal (KHL)
7 D Ivan Baranka 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 May 1985 Ilava Russia Spartak Moscow (KHL)
33 D Zdeno CháraC 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 18 March 1977 Trenčín United States Boston Bruins (NHL)
68 D Milan Jurčina 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 7 June 1983 Liptovský Mikuláš United States Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
14 D Andrej Meszároš 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 13 October 1985 Považská Bystrica United States Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
44 D Andrej Sekera 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 8 June 1986 Bojnice United States Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
77 D Martin Štrbák 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 15 January 1975 Prešov Russia HC MVD (KHL)
17 D Ľubomír Višňovský 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 11 August 1976 Topoľčany Canada Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
23 F Ľuboš Bartečko 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 14 July 1976 Kežmarok Sweden Färjestad (SEL)
8 F Martin Cibák 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 17 May 1980 Liptovský Mikuláš Russia Spartak Moscow (KHL)
38 F Pavol DemitraA 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 November 1974 Dubnica nad Váhom Canada Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
10 F Marián Gáborík 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 14 February 1982 Trenčín United States New York Rangers (NHL)
26 F Michal Handzuš 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 11 March 1977 Banská Bystrica United States Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
91 F Marcel Hossa 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 12 October 1981 Ilava Latvia Dinamo Riga (KHL)
81 F Marián HossaA 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 12 January 1979 Stará Ľubovňa United States Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
82 F Tomáš Kopecký 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 5 February 1982 Ilava United States Chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
24 F Žigmund Pálffy 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 5 May 1972 Skalica Slovakia HK 36 Skalica (SVK)
92 F Branko Radivojevič 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 November 1980 Piešťany Russia Spartak Moscow (KHL)
18 F Miroslav Šatan 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 22 October 1974 Topoľčany United States Boston Bruins (NHL)
15 F Jozef Stümpel 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 20 July 1972 Nitra Kazakhstan Barys Astana (KHL)
20 F Richard Zedník 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 6 January 1976 Banská Bystrica Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)

Defenceman Richard Lintner was initially selected, but was replaced by Ivan Baranka.[5]

Group play[edit]

Slovakia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

17 February 2010
21:00
Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,924
Game reference
Tomáš VokounGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Canada Brad Watson
Linesmen:
United States Shane Heyer
Canada Sylvain Losier
P. Eliáš (M. Havlát, M. Blaťák) – 9:021–0
1–120:47 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra)
J. Jágr (R. Červenka) – 37:562–1
T. Plekanec (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) – 39:583–1
8 minPenalties12 min
24Shots35

18 February 2010
21:00
Slovakia 2–1 (SO)
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 RussiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,202
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesIlya BryzgalovReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Canada Jay Sharrers
Germany Felix Winnekens
0–125:32 – A. Morozov (A. Markov, S. Zinovyev)
Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Marc. Hossa) – 49:481–1
J. Stümpel GOAL
P. Demitra MISS
Mari. Hossa MISS
J. Stümpel MISS
M. Handzuš MISS
M. Gáborík MISS
P. Demitra GOAL
ShootoutMISS A. Morozov
GOAL A. Ovechkin
MISS P. Datsyuk
MISS A. Ovechkin
MISS I. Kovalchuk
MISS A. Ovechkin
MISS E. Malkin
10 minPenalties6 min
32Shots37

20 February 2010
16:30
Latvia 0–6
(0–3, 0–2, 0–1)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,023
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Canada Dan O'Halloran
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Ukraine Andriy Kicha
United States Brian Murphy
0–12:44 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel, R. Zedník) (PP)
0–29:11 – R. Zedník (M. Handzuš, Ľ. Bartečko)
0–317:08 – J. Stümpel (Ž. Pálffy)
0–421:07 – Mari. Hossa (J. Stümpel) (PP)
0–522:20 – M. Handzuš
0–657:20 – I. Baranka (M. Štrbák, M. Handzuš)
6 minPenalties8 min
21Shots37
Standings
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Russia 3 2 0 1 0 13 6 +7 7 Quarterfinals
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 +3 6
 Slovakia 3 1 1 0 1 9 4 +5 5
 Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 4 19 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final rounds[edit]

Qualification playoff
23 February 2010
21:00
Slovakia 4–3
(3–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 NorwayCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,583
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesPål GrotnesReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Canada Marc Joannette
Linesmen:
Ukraine Andriy Kicha
Canada Sylvain Losier
M. Handzuš (M. Gáborík, Mari. Hossa) (PP) – 7:031–0
M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) – 9:482–0
2–118:06 – M. Zuccarello (J. Holøs)
R. Zedník (J. Stümpel, Ž. Pálffy) (PP) – 18:523–1
3–227:27 – T. Vikingstad (P. Thoresen, M. Zuccarello)
3–339:59 – A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, P. Thoresen)
M. Šatan (Ľ. Višňovský, R. Zedník) – 48:414–3
4 minPenalties29 min
40Shots19
Quarterfinal
24 February 2010
21:00
Sweden 3–4
(0–0, 2–3, 1–1)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,493
Game reference
Henrik LundqvistGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Canada Bill McCreary
Finland Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:
United States Peter Feola
Canada Jean Morin
0–127:34 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra) (PP)
0–228:11 – A. Sekera (R. Zedník, Ž. Pálffy)
P. Hörnqvist (P. Forsberg) – 33:491–2
H. Zetterberg (T. Enström) – 34:262–2
2–339:12 – P. Demitra (Z. Chára, Mari. Hossa) (PP)
2–449:01 – T. Kopecký (Mari. Hossa, Demitra)
D. Alfredsson (N. Bäckström, L. Eriksson) – 49:393–4
10 minPenalties6 min
29Shots14
Semifinal
26 February 2010
18:30
Canada 3–2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,799
Game reference
Roberto LuongoGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
United States Dennis LaRue
Finland Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
United States Thor Nelson
P. Marleau (S. Weber, S. Niedermayer) – 13:301–0
B. Morrow (C. Pronger, R. Getzlaf) – 15:172–0
R. Getzlaf (C. Perry, C. Pronger) (PP) – 36:543–0
3–151:35 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel)
3–255:07 – M. Handzuš (R. Zedník, M. Šatan)
2 minPenalties4 min
28Shots21
Bronze medal game
27 February 2010
19:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland 5–3
(1–0, 0–3, 4–0)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,322
Game reference
Miikka KiprusoffGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Canada Paul Devorski
Canada Brad Watson
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Russia Yuri Oskirko
S. Salo (PP) – 18:501–0
1–129:56 – M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP)
1–235:38 – Mari. Hossa (M. Handzuš, P. Demitra) (PP2)
1–338:45 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH)
N. Hagman (K. Timonen) (PP) – 45:062–3
O. Jokinen (J. Ruutu) – 46:413–3
O. Jokinen (J. Pitkänen, M. Kiprusoff) (PP) – 48:414–3
V. Filppula (K. Timonen) (EN) – 59:495–3
14 minPenalties18 min
33Shots22

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Slovak roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6]

Position Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
G Jana Budajová 166 53 16 November 1992 Liptovský Mikuláš HK Poprad
G Monika Kvaková 164 58 15 December 1988 Žiar nad Hronom HC Slovan Bratislava
G Zuzana Tomčíková 179 72 23 April 1988 Zvolen Bemidji State Beavers
D Petra Babiaková 175 70 27 July 1977 Zvolen HC Slovan Bratislava
D Barbora Brémová 168 60 24 August 1991 Košice HC Slovan Bratislava
D Iveta KarafiátováC 178 75 14 May 1988 Bratislava Linköpings HC
D Michaela Matejová 169 57 2 March 1986 Martin SC Reinach
D Petra Országhová 168 58 7 April 1981 Banská Bystrica HC Slovan Bratislava
D Edita Raková 171 62 18 May 1978 Humenné HC Slovan Bratislava
F Natalie Babonyová 175 70 22 October 1983 Oshawa, Canada Toronto Crush
F Nikoleta Celárová 168 60 27 February 1983 Kežmarok HC Slovan Bratislava
F Janka Čulíková 178 75 30 June 1983 Martin HK Spišská Nová Ves
F Nicol Čupková 169 57 4 November 1992 Košice HC Slovan Bratislava
F Anna DžurňákováA 168 58 24 January 1983 Kežmarok HC Slovan Bratislava
F Nikola Gápová 171 62 19 June 1989 Poprad HC Slovan Bratislava
F Maria Herichová 175 70 12 June 1990 Poprad HC Slovan Bratislava
F Petra Jurčová 168 60 22 June 1987 Košice HC Slovan Bratislava
F Jana KapustováA 178 75 11 August 1983 Žilina Tornado Moscow
F Zuzana Moravčíková 169 57 23 October 1980 Ružomberok HC Slovan Bratislava
F Petra Pravlíková 168 58 4 June 1985 Levoča Tornado Moscow
F Martina Veličková 171 62 17 February 1989 Prešov HC Slovan Bratislava

Group play[edit]

Slovakia played in Group A.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

13 February 2010
17:00
Canada 18–0
(7–0, 6–0, 5–0)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,496
Game reference
Kim St-PierreGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
Irwin (Vaillancourt, Johnston) – 1:391–0
Bonhomme (Hefford, MacLeod) – 3:062–0
Agosta (Ouellette, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 5:383–0
MacLeod (Bonhomme, Ouellette) – 8:214–0
Agosta (Kellar, Sostorics) – 11:345–0
Kingsbury (Piper, Apps) – 15:096–0
Sostorics (Hefford, Agosta) – 16:207–0
Vaillancourt (Johnston) – 23:428–0
Poulin (PP) – 27:219–0
Agosta (Hefford, Ouellette) – 30:1910–0
Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH) – 32:0011–0
Ouellette (Apps, Sostorics) (SH) – 32:4412–0
MacLeod (Poulin, Sostorics) – 36:4213–0
Hefford (Agosta, MacLeod) – 44:2314–0
Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) – 44:3715–0
Piper (Wickenheiser) – 46:5416–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 51:0317–0
Kingsbury (Botterill) – 52:5218–0
10 minPenalties12 min
67Shots9

15 February 2010
19:00
Sweden 6–2
(3–2, 1–0, 2–0)
 SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,323
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Winberg (Holmlöv, Holst) (PP) – 5:011–0
1–19:52 – Džurňáková (Babonyová, Herichová)
Winberg (Eliasson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 12:112–1
2–213:29 – Čupková (Čulíková, Kapustová)
Asserholt (Myrén, Östberg) – 16:073–2
Winberg (E. Andersson) – 29:074–2
Holmlöv (Holst, G. Andersson) (PP) – 46:085–2
Winberg (Nordin) – 53:206–2
10 minPenalties16 min
48Shots16

17 February 2010
19:00
Slovakia 2–5
(1–0, 0–1, 1–4)
  SwitzerlandUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,272
Game reference
Zuzana TomčíkováGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferee:
Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
Čulíková (Čupková) – 7:101–0
1–135:39 – S. Marty
Čulíková (Kapustová, Čupková) – 40:192–1
2–250:35 – S. Marty (Nussbaum)
2–351:18 – Benz (Meier, Schelling)
2–456:28 – Lehmann (Leimgruber) (SH)
2–558:25 – S. Marty (Hafliger, Benz)
12 minPenalties12 min
33Shots45
Standings
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 41 2 +39 9 Semifinals
 Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 10 15 −5 6
  Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 6 15 −9 3 5–8th classification
 Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 4 29 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]

Classification rounds[edit]

Fifth place semifinal
20 February 2010
19:00
Russia 4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,488
Game reference
Irina GashennikovaGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Linesmen:
Annica Flöden (Sweden)
Kerry Rumble (Canada)
Sotnikova (Lebedeva) – 7:341–0
Gavrilova (Sergina, Smolentseva) (PP) – 18:162–0
2–123:24 – Pravlíková (Veličková) (PP)
Terentieva (Kapustina, Dyubanok) (SH) – 33:453–1
3–240:31 – Kapustová (Veličková)
Gavrilova (PP) – 50:264–2
8 minPenalties8 min
43Shots19
Seventh place game
22 February 2010
14:00
China 3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,284
Game reference
Shi YaoGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
0–110:37 – Pravlíková (Jurčová, Veličková)
Wang L. (Yu, Jiang) – 37:151–1
Sun (Zhang S., Jin) – 45:042–1
Wang L. (Zhang B.) – 51:443–1
4 minPenalties6 min
32Shots21

Luge[edit]

Women's singles
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Veronika Sabolová 41.999 41.925 42.563 42.055 2:48.542 14
Jana Šišajová 42.297 42.172 42.529 48.101 2:55.099 27
Men's singles
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Jozef Ninis 49.196 49.153 49.643 49.039 3:17.414 24
Doubles
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Ján Harniš & Branislav Regec 42.018 41.924 1:23.942 11

Ski jumping[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Distance (m) Points Rank Distance (m) Points Rank Distance (m) Points Rank
Tomáš Zmoray Normal hill 94.5 107.5 42 DNQ
Large hill 119.5 100.6 40 Q 108.0 77.4 43 DNQ

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Slovenským vlajkonosičom Pálffy". SME (in Slovak). 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  2. ^ "Slovakia at the winter Olympics". Topendsports.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Pre lyžiarku Procházkovú sa olympiáda skončila". SME (in Slovak). 2010-02-21. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  4. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey: Team Slovakia Tournament Standings and Statistics". International Olympic Committee.
  5. ^ "Men's rosters announced". International Ice Hockey Federation. 15 February 2010.
  6. ^ Place a reference to a reliable source - presumably the national Olympic committee's announcement of the team - here.